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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNyesom WikeCON Wike in 2025Minister of the Federal Capital TerritoryIncumbentAssumed office
21 August 2023PresidentBola TinubuMinister of StateMariya Mahmoud BunkurePreceded byMohammed Musa Bello16th Governor of Rivers StateIn office
29 May 2015 – 29 May 2023DeputyIpalibo BanigoPreceded byRotimi AmaechiSucceeded bySiminalayi FubaraMinister of EducationActingIn office
11 September 2013 – April 2014PresidentGoodluck JonathanPreceded byRuqayyah Ahmed Rufa'iSucceeded byIbrahim ShekarauMinister of State for EducationIn office
14 July 2011 – April 2014PresidentGoodluck JonathanMinisterRuqayyah Ahmed Rufa'iSucceeded byViola OnwuliriChief of Staff to the Governor of Rivers StateIn office
2007–2011GovernorRotimi AmaechiChairman of Obio-Akpor Local GovernmentIn office
1999–2007Personal detailsBorn13 December 1967 (age 58)
Obio-Akpor, Rivers State, NigeriaPartyAll Progressives CongressSpouseEberechi WikeChildren3EducationMaster of Arts degree in Political and Administrative StudiesAlma materRivers State University of Science and Technology (LL.B.)Occupation

• Politician
• lawyer

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON (born 13 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory since 2023.[1] He previously served as the governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023.[2]

An ethnic Ikwerre from Rumuepirikom in Obio-Akpor, in Southern Nigeria,[3] he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and a graduate of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.

Wike was elected as a two-term Executive Chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area from 1999 to 2007.[4] He was appointed Minister of State for Education on 14 July 2011. Wike was later appointed the Acting Minister of Education, after Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i was sacked but resigned before finishing his term to campaign for governor of Rivers State. He was replaced by Viola Onwuliri.[5] In 2014, he won the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party primaries and chose former Secretary to the State Government Ipalibo Banigo as his running mate for deputy governor.[6]